الأعلى
كلمة (الأعلى) اسمُ تفضيل من العُلُوِّ، وهو الارتفاع، وهو اسمٌ من...
Obligation
(الْفَرْض)
من موسوعة المصطلحات الإسلامية
المعنى الاصطلاحي
What the Shariah condemns the one who intentionally abandons it totally.
الشرح المختصر
"Fard" (Obligation) is an act that one is rewarded for doing and is punished for abandoning. Categories of "fard": 1. Individual "fard": is an act that Allah made obligatory on every individual. 2.Collective "fard": is an act that Allah made obligatory on the whole community, but if it is performed by a sufficient number of individuals, there will be no sin on the rest.
التعريف اللغوي المختصر
"Fard": cutting. “Farada": to cut something. Other meanings: obligation, enjoining something.
التعريف
- according to the majority of scholars, it means ‘duty’, which is something that carries a warning of incurring punishment if omitted, when it is confirmed by an evidence that is certain or probable.